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We discuss a generalisation of fractional linear viscoelasticity based on Scarpi's approach to variable-order fractional calculus. After reviewing the general mathematical framework, we introduce the variable-order fractional Maxwell model…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-11-29 A. Giusti , I. Colombaro , R. Garra , R. Garrappa , A. Mentrelli

It has been recognized recently that fractional calculus is useful for handling scaling structures and processes. We begin this survey by pointing out the relevance of the subject to physical situations. Then the essential definitions and…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-30 Kiran M. Kolwankar , Anil D. Gangal

The 1st level General Fractional Derivatives (GFDs) combine in one definition the GFDs of the Riemann-Liouville type and the regularized GFDs (or the GFDs of the Caputo type) that have been recently introduced and actively studied in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-14 Maryam Alkandari , Yuri Luchko

The Liouville equation, first Bogoliubov hierarchy and Vlasov equations with derivatives of non-integer order are derived. Liouville equation with fractional derivatives is obtained from the conservation of probability in a fractional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vasily E. Tarasov

A fractional generalization of the Floquet theorem is suggested for fractional Schr\"odinger equations (FTSE)s with the time-dependent periodic Hamiltonians. The obtained result, called the fractional Floquet theorem (fFT), is formulated in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Alexander Iomin

Fractional diffusion equations for three-dimensional lattice models based on fractional-order differences of the Grunwald-Letnikov type are suggested. These lattice fractional diffusion equations contain difference operators that describe…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-13 Vasily E. Tarasov

Recently, fractional differential equations have been investigated via the famous variational iteration method. However, all the previous works avoid the term of fractional derivative and handle them as a restricted variation. In order to…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2010-10-20 Guo-cheng Wu

The partial differential equation of Gaussian diffusion is generalized by using the time-fractional derivative of distributed order between 0 and 1, in both the Riemann-Liouville (R-L) and the Caputo (C) sense. For a general distribution of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-05-27 Francesco Mainardi , Antonio Mura , Gianni Pagnini , Rudolf Gorenflo

This article analysis differential equations which represents damped and fractional oscillators. First, it is shown that prior to using physical quantities in fractional calculus, it is imperative that they are turned dimensionless.…

The purpose of this article is to review the developments related to the notion of local fractional derivative introduced in 1996. We consider its definition, properties, implications and possible applications. This involves the local…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2018-05-22 Kiran M. Kolwankar

We consider boundary value problems with Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives of order $s\in (1, 2)$ with non-constant diffusion and reaction coefficients. A variational formulation is derived and analyzed leading to the well-posedness…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Ruben Aylwin , Göksu Oruc , Karsten Urban

This paper is in continuation of the authors' recently published paper (Journal of Mathematical Physics 55(2014)083519) in which computational solutions of an unified reaction-diffusion equation of distributed order associated with Caputo…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-31 R. K. Saxena , A. M. Mathai , H. J. Haubold

The present work is devoted to the study of fractional powers of vector operators, with particular emphasis on the gradient operator with non-constant coefficients. Within the setting of Clifford algebra $\mathbb{R}_n$, this operator turns…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Fabrizio Colombo , Francesco Mantovani , Peter Schlosser

The degree by which a function can be differentiated need not be restricted to integer values. Usually most of the field equations of physics are taken to be second order, curiosity asks what happens if this is only approximately the case…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-23 Mark D. Roberts

In this paper we present a rather general phenomenological theory of tick-by-tick dynamics in financial markets. Many well-known aspects, such as the L\'evy scaling form, follow as particular cases of the theory. The theory fully takes into…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Enrico Scalas , Rudolf Gorenflo , Francesco Mainardi

The area of fractional calculus (FC) has been fast developing and is presently being applied in all scientific fields. Therefore, it is of key relevance to assess the present state of development and to foresee, if possible, the future…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Kai Diethelm , Virginia Kiryakova , Yuri Luchko , J. A. Tenreiro Machado , Vasily E. Tarasov

Using both fractional derivatives, defined in the Riemann-Liouville and Caputo senses, and classical derivatives of the integer order we examine different numerical approaches to ordinary differential equations. Generally we formulate some…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-12-04 Jacek S. Leszczynski , Tomasz Blaszczyk

We begin with a brief overview of the most commonly used fractional derivatives, namely the Caputo and Riemann-Liouville derivatives. We then focus on the study of the fractional time wave equation with the Riemann-Liouville derivative,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Paola Loreti , Daniela Sforza

We develop a calculus of variations for functionals which are defined on a set of non differentiable curves. We first extend the classical differential calculus in a quantum calculus, which allows us to define a complex operator, called the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Jacky Cresson

Nonlocal vector calculus, which is based on the nonlocal forms of gradient, divergence, and Laplace operators in multiple dimensions, has shown promising applications in fields such as hydrology, mechanics, and image processing. In this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-13 Marta D'Elia , Mamikon Gulian , Tadele Mengesha , James M. Scott